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Contributor
Walter A. Thurber Media from this contributor
Date
7:00 AM
Location
Hacienda Los Pinos
Usulután, El Salvador
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
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- Sounds
- Call
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Media notes
NOTES: A.O. AUROPALLIATA. THIS BAND OF PARROTS SETTLED IN A NEARBY TREE WHILE I WAS RECORDING A DIFFERENT SPECIES. THEY WERE SILENT A LONG TIME. THEN ONE BIRD (THE LEADER?) BEGAN TO VOCALIZE. HE FLEW TO A SECOND TREEAND HIS MOVEMENT SEEMED TO STIMULATE THE OTHER PARROTS TO VOCALIZE. THEN HE LED THE BAND ACROSS THE RIVER TO A MORE DISTANT TREE. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES THE BAND FLEW OVER MY HEAD, VOCALIZING STEADILY, AND CONTINUED UNTIL OUT OF SIGHT AND SOUND. REMNANT OF FLOOD-PLAIN FOREST. Sex: 5 UNKNOWN LNS: Subject changed from Amazona ochrocephala to A. auropalliata to reflect current taxonomy. -Matt Medler, 3 Nov 2010. Habitat: Forest, Lake.
Additional species
Technical information
- Recorder
- UHER 4000 REPORT IC
- Microphone
- Accessories
- Parabola 45.7cm (18in)
Archival information
- Digitized
- 10 Sep 2009 - Jessie Barry